Feed-trough for poultry.



R. G. SUTTON. FEED TROUGH FOR POULTRY. AFPLIGATION FILED MAR.14,1913.

1 07 524 Patented N0v.11, 1913.

COLUMBIA PLANOURAPH co., WASHINGTON. LL 1:.

PATEN FEED-THOUGH FOB POULTRY.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Nov. 11,1913.

Application filed March 14, 1913. Serial No. 754,360.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, RAYMOND C. SUTTON, a citizen of the United States,residing at NorthAttleboro, in the county of Bristol and State ofMassachusetts, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inFeed-Troughs for Poultry, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to improvements in feed troughs for poultry and thepurpose of my invention is to provide a trough which can be adaptedreadily to poultry of diflerent ages and sizes, which will have anadjustable roof for the protection of the contents and which will embodya device for preventing the poultry from roosting or lodging upon thesame, and which, more over, is so constructed as to be readily takenapart for purposes of cleaning or disinfect ing. I accomplish thesepurposes by the device shown in the accompanying drawings, in which-Figure l is a perspective of my feed trough and Fig. 2 a verticalsection of the same.

The same parts are indicated by thesame letters in both views.

In Fig. 1, a is a base mounted upon the supports a-a and having at eachend the posts b-b-W-h'. Upon the base a are the stops f-f for thepurpose of retaining in position the feed trough proper, d, which can bereadily slid into the retaining frame from either side. The trough (Z isprovided with a removable top 6 which has an inwardly projecting marginas shown in both figures, and serves to retain the feed within thetrough cl. The cover 6 is retained in place upon 03 by flaps, preferablyof metal, c-e.

Each pair of opposite posts b'bb -b is provided with a plurality ofspaced strips gg, the strips 9 being higher than the strip 9 so as togive pitch to the roof it. This roof It consists of a flat board orpiece of metal having projecting therefrom the tongues laf-Jt by meansof which tongues, through the agency of the spaces between the stripsg-g, the roof it may be shifted or changed in height, thus changing thespace 2' between the top of the feed trough al and the roof h. Thepurpose of changing the distance between 71, and (Z is in order toaccommodate fowl of di'lferent periods of growth from early chickens upto mature hens, the space being such as to permit the head of the fowlto enter and obtain food, but notsuflicient to allow the fowl to getbodily into the trough. The posts b b are hinged upon the block b bymeans ofthe hinges c-c but are held in place when upright by the wiresj=--jj. These wires extend from the posts b-b over the top of the roof hto the posts 6-b and there they are held in place by cross pieces 71:attached to the bolts Z-Z, which pierce the posts b-h and are providedwith nuts upon the outer face of the posts b-b, for the adjustment ofthe ten sion of the wires.

It is well known that articles with which poultry come in contact areliable to become infected with vermin so that it is of great importancewith poultry raisers to have every article of this kind of such formthat it can be easily taken apart for cleaning purposes or for purposesof disinfection.

It will be seen that the hinged posts b b in connection with the wiresvery greatly facilitate the disassembling of my entire device so thatthe posts Z)Z may be laid back flatly; the roof 7t removed, and thetrough cl with its inwardly projecting shelf 0 taken entirely apart, sothat the whole may be thoroughly fumigated or cleansed. The wires y notonly serve the purpose of retaining the entire mechanism in place andmaking a unit of it, but they serve a further purpose, which is fully asimportant, of keeping the poultry from roosting upon the top of theboard it, as chickens or fowl will not light upon wires like those usedin my device.

Having now described my invention, what I claim and desire to secure byLetters Patent is 1. A feed trough for poultry consisting of a base; afeed box supported thereby; upright posts projecting vertically fromeach end of said base, the posts at one end being hinged so as to becapable of swinging backward away from said base, and means for securingsaid'posts in position, substantially as described.

2. A feed trough for poultry consisting of a base; a feed box supportedthereby; up right posts projecting vertically from each end of saidbase, the posts at one end being fixed and those at the other end beinghinged to said base, said posts having transversely fixed thereon aplurality of spaced strips; a roof adapted to cover said feed box byengagement in the several spaces between said spaced strips, and aplurality of Wires arranged in a horizontal plane between and fixed tosaid posts above said roof, substantially as set forth.

3. A feed trough for poultry consisting of a base; a feed box supportedthereby; upright posts projecting vertically from each end of said base,the posts at one end being hinged so as to be capable of swingingbackward away from said base; a plurality of Wires uniting the upperportion of said hinged posts with the upper portion of the posts at theopposite end of said trough; and bolts connected With said Wires andpassing through the posts at one end of said 15 trough and operating toadjust the tension of said wires substantially as set forth.

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature in presence of tWo Witnesses.

RAYMOND O. SUTTON.

Witnesses:

Roscon M. DEXTER, EDITH M. BROMLEY.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressingthe Commissioner of Patents, Washington, D. G.

